[p4] OT: Anyone know how to keep Linux from paging command output

[Chuck Karish]

Run "stty -a" on a system that works and on one that doesn't.  Compare.

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Ivey, William <william_ivey at bmc.com> wrote:
> I'm using ssh via terraterm 3.1.3 with vt100 emulation on the Linux
> box. (Same settings on two other Linux boxes which don't show this
> behavior, although those I telnet into.)
>
> Comparing the systems doesn't show anything obvious in the environments.
>
> -Wm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Wilder [mailto:Dan.Wilder at eng.watchguard.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 5:06 PM
> To: Ivey, William; perforce-user at perforce.com
> Subject: RE: [p4] OT: Anyone know how to keep Linux from paging command
> output
>
> Uh, the commands themselves aren't in scripts or aliases piping through
> "more" or "less" are they?
>
> What terminal emulator (xterm, kterm, etc etc) are you using?
>
> --
> Dan Wilder
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com
> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Ivey, William
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 2:31 PM
> To: perforce-user at perforce.com
> Subject: [p4] OT: Anyone know how to keep Linux from paging command
> output
>
> All the linux experts around here seem to be in hiding, so...
>
>
>
> I've been given a new Linux system to install a server on and
>
> it insists on stopping the output of commands at an arbitrary
>
> number of characters. This happens under sh or tcsh. It's
>
> more than annoying since it also seems to trap any attempt
>
> to quit the command (which means pressing the space
>
> bar about a thousand times if I cat a couple of megabytes
>
> of file).
>
>
>
> Anyone know the magic to turn this off? (I don't see this on
>
> other Linux systems I use so I assume it's configurable. An
>
> hour of googling hasn't turned up the secret, though.)
>
>
>
> Thanks. -Wm
>
>
>
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